Posted
by
timothy
on Friday August 10, 2012 @10:05PM
from the oh-canada dept.

New submitter ottdmk writes "You may recall this recent Slashdot story about Mformation being awarded 147.2 million dollars in a patent suit against RIM. Well, it appears a California appeals judge has disagreed with that verdict. As part of the ruling, if Mformation successfully appeals, the matter will go to a new trial instead of the jury award being restored."

I must say i never had a black berry but i'd imagine this would be like if google got sued the day after the g1, my first smart phone, came out. And no I don't mean that to sound as insulting as it kind of does.

I must say i never had a black berry but i'd imagine this would be like if google got sued the day after the g1, my first smart phone, came out. And no I don't mean that to sound as insulting as it kind of does.

Which is why no patent troll ever sues on any infringement. There's no benefit to killing a product before it gets its legs, at least for patent trolls.

A patent troll's motivation is money. If they go after a product that's barely on the market, there's hardly any to be made. OTOH, if they sue AFTER